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FrontPage98 Web Hosting |
Congratulations, your account has
been created on our FrontPage 98 Server.
You now have the ideal way to get your professional-quality Internet site
up and running fast. Microsoft FrontPage 98 offers all the best new Web
technologies, plus powerful tools for all your Web creation and management tasks.
Commonly Asked Questions
Q: When I switch my existing BEST account to the
FrontPage 98 server, will BEST move my files from the old account to the new FrontPage
account?
A: No. You will have to make a backup of your web
files from the old machine and publish them onto the new FrontPage account.
Q: Once I have switched to a FrontPage 98 account, how do I publish my
web site?
A: You
actually have two options. You can either publish your web site with the FrontPage
Explorer, or by any common FTP client, such as WS-FTP
or Cute FTP. Information on doing this can be
found in the "Publishing With FrontPage",
or "Publishing With FTP" sections below.
Q: I have published my site, but this page keeps coming
up when I browse to my domain.
A: This page is displayed because the webserver cannot find another page
to index in the 'public_html' directory of your account. If you uploaded your site as a
subweb (ie. http://www.yourdomain.com/subweb), FrontPage will create a subdirectory in
your public_html directory and upload the web there instead of replacing this document
with your new index file. To replace this document, either upload a new 'default.htm' file
to the <Root_Web> (ie. your 'public_html' directory) to replace this file, or create
a new document in the <Root_web> and name it either 'index.htm', or 'index.html'.
Q: When I switch my existing BEST account to the
FrontPage98 server, will anything in my settings change?
A: Yes, your shell, mail, & ftp server
will change to fpage2.ba.best.com. This changes where your email program receives incoming mail and where your
files are stored on the Internet.
Q: I have a copy of FrontPage 97. Does BEST support it?
A: YES, The FrontPage 98 extensions are backwards
compatible with FrontPage 97. This means that you can use FrontPage 97 to manage your
website, but you will be unavailable to take advantage of the new FrontPage 98 features..
Q: I am trying to use the SSI Counter from http://www.best.com/faq/faq0015.html on my
page, but it doesn't appear to be working.
A: The SSI counter does not work because it is actually a feature built
into our proprietary webserver, and is not part of the standard SSI library for NCSA based webservers.
Since the FrontPage machine is running on Apache, which is closely based on NCSA, this
particular SSI will not work. In order to place a counter on your webpage, it is
recommended to use either the built in Counter WebBot from FrontPage 98, or obtain a third
party counter package such as the "Cory
Counter", or "WebCounter".
Q: What are all the _vti_* folders/directories and files in my
public_html directory??
A: These files are actually part of the FrontPage98 Server
Extensions for your account. These are required to be there in order for FrontPage to
work. If for some reason any of these files/directories are deleted or corrupted, you must
email the FrontPage Administrator at frontpage-admin@best.com
to reinstall the server extensions for your account.
*NOTE: Do Not Delete Any Of The Files Or Directories Listed
Below From Your 'public_html' Directory!!!
Directory: | Files: |
/ | .htaccess , _vti_inf.html , postinfo.html |
/_private | .htaccess |
/_vti_bin | .htaccess , fpcount.exe , shtml.exe |
/_vti_bin/_vti_adm | .htaccess , admin.exe |
/_vti_bin/_vti_aut | .htaccess , author.exe |
/_vti_cnf | .htaccess , postinfo.html |
/_vti_log | .htaccess |
/_vti_pvt | .htaccess , access.cnf , botinfs.cnf , bots.cnf , deptodoc.btr , doctodep.btr , frontpg.lck , linkinfo.cnf , service.cnf , service.grp , service.lck , service.pwd , services.cnf , structure.cnf , svcacl.cnf , writeto.cnf |
/_vti_txt | .htaccess |
/cgi-bin | .htaccess |
/images |
Changes in Email
In Eudora Light/Pro, you will change your POP account setting to read: login@fpage2.ba.best.com
Replace 'login' with your login name. The login name for your BEST account
is located on your account information form. More information on how to set up Eudora is
located at http://support.best.com/email/eudora/eudora.html.
In Netscape Navigator/Communicator you will have to change your
incoming, or POP3, setting to: fpage2.ba.best.com
More information on how to set up Netscape Navigator for mail is
located at this http://support.best.com/netscape/netscape.html.
On all other mail programs, you will have to change your incoming mail server to fpage2.ba.best.com. You should read over the user documentation supplied for the mail program to find out where this is located.
Other Miscellaneous Changes
Publishing With FrontPage
To do this requires that you have an Internet connection. To start out,
open up the FrontPage Explorer with your current FrontPage Web loaded. Second, pull down
the File menu and select 'Publish FrontPage Web'. The 'Destination Web
Server or File Location:' should be set to your domain, in the form: www.yourdomain.com
Do not type a name into the 'Name of Destination
FrontPage Web' unless you want to have a child Web. Refer to your FrontPage manual to
see what a child Web is. Leave the name blank or type in <Root Web>, then click the
OK button. At this point, you will be required to enter your (login)Name and Password. The
password you should enter here is the same password you use to check your email. If you
have problems doing this, write email to frontpage-admin@best.com.
To publish your Web using FTP, you should read the BEST FAQ 'Configuring FTP Programs'. There is also an 'Easy File Uploader' that we recommend to our Netscape users.
Q: What
about questions regarding how to set up Bot components, or other forms-related questions?
CGI support?
A: CGI's that work in a UNIX environment will work on the FrontPage
server. If your CGI doesn't work, please see the Top 14 Reasons Why your CGI Script Isn't
Working page in the FAQ. BEST Technical Support
does not support CGI scripting, and can only point you back to the FAQ page. As for Bot
components, the BEST FrontPage server is compatible with the FrontPage 98 server
extensions. All other questions regarding FrontPage's Bot components should be directed to
Microsoft's tech support.
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